Mortgage Fraud Blog - Real Estate Agents Charged With Flipping ...

Leonard Williams, 49, Sacramento, California, and Joshua Clymer, 25, Sacramento, California, are the subjects of a federal grand jury superseding indictment which alleges three counts of conspiring to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

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Williams was previously indicted along with co-defendant Garret Griffith Gililland III in connection with two properties in Chico, California. The superseding indictment adds Clymer and identifies additional properties that Williams and Clymer are accused of flipping for as much as $100,000 over the price the two men paid to acquire the properties earlier the same day. The two men are real estate agents licensed in the State of California. They operated as partners out of a Sacramento office between 2006 and 2008, and the properties involved were in Sacramento, Gold River, Yuba City, and Chico, California.

The third superseding indictment alleges that Williams and Clymer used Diamond Hill Financial Inc. and Bay Area Real Estate Holdings LLC to acquire properties, flip them the same day they were purchased, and provide substantial side payments to buyers that were not disclosed to lenders in escrow. Moreover, the two allegedly orchestrated the loan applications of the buyers, providing false documents and false verifications of income and employment to lenders to ensure that the loans funded.

United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced the indictment.

This case is the product of a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, IRS-Criminal Investigation, and the Butte County District Attorney's Office. Assistant United States Attorney Russell L. Carlberg is prosecuting the case.

The maximum statutory penalty for a violation of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud is 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or an alternative maximum fine of double the gain to defendants or loss caused, and a three year term of supervised release. The actual sentence, if convicted, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

The charges are only allegations, and each defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Source: http://mortgagefraudblog.com/perp-walk/item/16973-real-estate-agents-charged-with-flipping-scheme

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